DYMECS tracking scheme, modified for OCTAVE use
Originally based on the following works:
Crook J, Klein C, Folwell S, et al (2019) Assessment of the Representation of West African Storm Lifecycles in Convection-Permitting Simulations. Earth and Space Science 6:818–835. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000491
Stein THM, Hogan RJ, Hanley KE, et al (2014) The Three-Dimensional Morphology of Simulated and Observed Convective Storms over Southern England. Mon Wea Rev 142:3264–3283. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00372.1
This version of the code is used in the following papers:
Chan, S.C., Kendon, E.J., Fowler, H.J. et al. Large-scale dynamics moderate impact-relevant changes to organised convective storms. Commun Earth Environ 4, 8 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00669-2
Kahraman A, Kendon EJ, Chan SC, Fowler HJ (2021) Quasi-Stationary Intense Rainstorms Spread Across Europe Under Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters 48:e2020GL092361. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092361
Müller SK, Caillaud C, Chan S, et al (2022) Evaluation of Alpine-Mediterranean precipitation events in convection-permitting regional climate models using a set of tracking algorithms. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06555-z
Thomassen ED, Kendon EJ, Sørup HJD, et al (2021) Differences in representation of extreme precipitation events in two high resolution models. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05854-1
Cousin project, Python version: https://github.com/thmstein/simple-track